Grave-marker.



w. F.l NORMAN'" f GRAVE MARKER.

APPLICATION4 HLED AUG.ZI. 19H.

1,276,798. Patented Aug. 27, 1918. L@ 4 .5 Lair?. 2.

(15V/'f8 @frs 8/ mwa' STATES -rATENroFr-mn, I

F.' NORMAN, OF NEVADA, MISSOURI.v

GRAVE-MARKER.

y .To all whom coincernfi' y Be it knownA hatI, WmLmM F; NORMAN, a citizen of 'the United States, residing at Nevada,1inv the county of Vernon-and State QfMisSouri, have invented certaininew and useful 1 Improvementsy in Grave-Markers, of

which the following bis y'a specifcatiomrefer l ence being hadv therein to the accompanying eing the provision ofy a temporary marker.

4This inventionrelates to improvements in ve markers, one-object of the lnvention l especiallyzadapted for use in connection with tempera graves.

' A urt er object ofkvthis inventionl isrthe )provision of a marker of this type which is rovided with asupporting member carryf stickingof the marker kin the earth and ythel i i de'signates the supporting member` which is;` `madefrom a single piece of metal.. and bent ing a name plateofnovel construction, the piercing endfof thefsupporting member be- 1n so' constructedas" to permit of the easy support thereof' after `being placed in position. V y

A stillf. further object of this invention is the provision fof a, device of this character which is simple and inexpensive in construction and readily placedin use. Inthe accompanying drawings: Figure 1'is a frontkelevation vof plete marker. y'

Fig. 2` 's a rear elevation thereof. t Fig. 3"'is a sectiontaken on line 3-3 of Fig: 1. o y. y ig. 4 yis' a section takenon. line tf-4 of i to' provide the two vparallel an'ges with 'thef entering pointl', said oint at it'sfex-v A tremity being bent outward y tothe opposite sideoffthefsupporting member to the flanges, while 'the lower edges of the anges y are-beveled as at 8 toassist in the introduc' tion .of the supporting member in the earth.

The Supportlng member is further pro'- vided fwith'the three openings 9, 10 and 11,

com of on met mail mined for the opening 9 constituting a meanswhereby anemblem or other ornament may be attached, while the other openings are adapted to receive the terminals` 12 of the rivets 13 Specification of Letters ila'rient.v

the comf for attaching theicardearryinggmember-to fthesuppora which support the card carrying ymember luponthememb'er 5.qy w

The card .carrying member consistsxof a single sheetof metal bent to providejthe rear wall- 15l havingy the longitudinal rein#y forced depressions 16L and theinturnedv edge 16. The front wall 17 is bent (zo-extensively withV the rear wall and is provided with `the f flange 18` which constitutes ajfastenin for Patented Aug. 27,1918. Application ined Azustzi, 1917. serial 110.187,455. 1 1

engaging one end-'of `the rearplate o thel member while the lower edge 21s" bent outy wardly to Aprovidean opening19 atthe right hand side for the introductlon'ofy the' sheet' 20 which carries the data; The front ,wally of this member is further'depressed voutwardly to provide a a receptacle v21 to .retain f the sheet 22 of glass so that the data carry-r v thus ybe seen that the data carryin `member is protected from the wea'therb1 t ej ecul-i iar formation of thesup orting mem er in Athat the top' is entirely c osed and all (other edges-.are'positioned thattherain is drained therefrom; t

The front Wallis that the device when in place, although temving member is protected:"thereby, lIt w1ll i i otherwise ornamental so porary, is more ornamental-.than theioidinar grave indicators or markers. y"

atI claim asjnew-is:

ingua, `supporting member and a card carrying member, said gard` carrying member be-v in `madefrom a single sheet of material di. vi ed "centrally and longitudinallyandv bent so that the bent edgek forms thegto'p thereof,

i so y The herein described grave ,marker includf."

the front wall bein provided with-a'slight fl presse provide 'a receptacle for: a cardfindex and a trally thereof and at pointsabofve and below, the openi in the 0 tured, and astening. devices in said apertures In testlmony whereof I` aiix my'-signature.l

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openinv the rim o v. which is outwardly del* to coperate ywith therear Walid-,Q i transparent covering, thereu bein formed uponone side edge ofthesfro'nt wa aflan e" i forembracing the corresponding` edge of `e rear wall, both the front and rear wallv cen-,1` t

v91s rontfwall being `apervuve cents each, by addressing the (italiani-isstmery atinente, l fwalhington). -Q .f 

